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Twilight Empress
Book 1 in the Theodosian Women series.
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Galla Placidia, daughter of Theodosius I, is caught in the violent politics of the western empire after its permanent division from the East. The Visigothic sack of Rome in 410 leaves her a captive of Alaric’s people, and her marriage to Ataulf makes her a Gothic queen before death and renewed diplomacy return her to Roman dynastic politics.
Placidia later marries Constantius III and becomes mother of Valentinian III, governing through court alliances as the western empire faces military strongmen, rebellious relatives, Vandals and Attila’s Huns. The novel spans her transformation from vulnerable princess to Augusta and regent, tracing the personal bargains required to preserve her family and a state already losing control of its provinces.
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